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Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22
Twice Mistaken.

The resemblance between Attorney
General Garland and Filst Comptroller
Durham is very striking, and hardly a
day passes that one of them is not mis-
taken for the other, often giving rise to
very ludiciou scenes. Each one is tall,
with cleanly shaven face, swapping
black eyes, and rugged features. while
the similarity of their slouched hats and
their attire generally adds to the like
ness. There was similar case in 1860.
wnen a wonderfully striking likeness ex-
listed between Mr.. Guy, the landlord Of
the National Hotel, and Senator Cass,
who was one of his guests. One morn
ing Baltimorean, who had taken two
or three cocktails, meeting General Cass
in one of the upper entries of the hotel,
rushed up to him, slapped him heavily
on the shoulder, and sad: sold Guy,
how are yon2 You must give me bet
ter room, or | will go to some other
hotel.
So soon as General Cass could recover
from his surprise he exclaimed: "Sir.
yoA are mistaken Pm not Mr.. Guy; am
Senator Cass of Michigan. You should
be more careful before you salute people
as you Just did men The mgn was ter
ribly mortified, and sought consolation
in another cocktail. Just as he left the
bar-room he met, as he thought his
friend Guy, and going up to him, said :
''Guy, made a terrible mistake just
now. thought that met you upstairs,
slapped you on the shoulder, and asked
for a better room, but it turned out that
it was old Cass and not you"
"SiT," exclaimed the person spoken
to, ''you have made mistake again.
am Senator Cass. and you have been
drinking. You should be ashamed oi
yourself, sir" The man took the next
train for Baltimore. Washington Letter.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22
A Battle in Africa.

Two white men in the heart Of Africa,
who with their little force of native SOL
liers manned the advanced post of civil
zation on the Congo, have been driven
put of Stanley Falls station by slave-deal.
ing Arabs. The white men fought three
days for the blue and-gold flag Of the
Congo State, killed sixty of the enemy,
with loss of only two of their own
men, and when their ammunition gave
put and their natives deserted them they
burned their buildings, destroyed their
guns, and retreated down the river with
only four attendants.
This stubborn defence was character
istic of Mr. Deane, the chief of the Stan
ley Falls station. Deane has the repu-
tation on the Congo of being absolutely
without fear. He is a relative of Sir
Francis de Winton, who succeeded Mr..
Stanley as administrator of the Congo.
One night last spring, when Deane was
On his way to Stanley Falls, he camped
on the bank of the river. Without the
slightest warning he was suddenly at
lacked by a swarm of natives, who killed
several OF his black soldiers. His panic
smitten party fed, leaving Deane in the
darkness to battle alone with the savages
lround him. lie was well armed, and
his bullets whizzed through the bushes
IN such rapid succession that the natives,
hnaccustomed to firearms, fed in dis
ilay. Deane had received two very bad
wounds, one speer having passed through
lhe calf of his leg and another nearly
through the thigh. Most men would have
EOsted hack down the river as fast as
possible for medical assistance. Deane,
however, proposed to 90 to Stanley
Falls if it killed him. and gathering his
people together, he dressed his wounds
himself and steamed on up the river. A
little later the natives were punished for
their treachery by the burning of several
of their villages.
1t was also characteristic of Mr.. Deane
that he refused to give up the slave girl
who had taken refuge with him to es
cape the Arabs. His comrades say OF
him that Deane would die before he
would be forced to obey any orders ex-
cept those of his superiors in authority.
His pluck and bravery very likely ex
ceeded his discretion, for by defying the
Arabs he has lost his station.
The station at Stanley Falls, which the
Arabs with their many hundreds Of
armed slaves now hold, was founded by
Stanley three years ago. DIR. Lenz. who
visited the station. wrote that the build
ings, amid the surrounding gardens, were
very prettily situated ON the river bank.
and the view of them from the river
produced very agreeable impression.
The Arab settlement was not far from
IL .f a IL.
powerful leaders over the surrounding
country was much greater than that of
the Congo Free State.-MsU York Sun.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22
HEALTH HINTS.
b are fresh

The best promoters of health are fresh
air and sunlight.
A simple remedy for neuralgia head
ache is the juice of lemon taken in .
cup of black coffee.
Changes of dress from thick to thin
should always be made in the morning,
as then all the vital forces are in full play.
Almost all bites and stings being acid
in their nature, the cure is an alkali.
Spirits of hartshorn is the best houshold
remedy; next comes saleratus or lye from
wood ashes.
For warts, corns and other indurations
of the cuticle. nothing acts more salts
factoriIy than mixture of equal parts Of
tincture of iodine and glacial acetic acid,
applied in repeated layers With brush,
night and morning.
1t has been shown by actual expert
ment that the water whirh streams down
the inside of the window of q closed
sleeping-room is 50 imprsgnated with the
noxious exhalations of the sleepers that
one drop is sufficient to poison a rabbit.
1t is said that solution of pilocarpine.
two grains to the ounce OF water, in
iected INFO the tooth cavity will cure
neuralgia caused by bad teeth. From an
eighth to quarter of a grain seems suf.
ficient to check the pain in the course Of
an hour
Water cannot satisfy the thirst which
attends cholera, dysentery, diarrhua and
some other forms of disease; in fact,
drinking cold water seems to increase
the thirst and induce other disagreeable
sensations; but the thirst will be perfectly
and pleasantly subdued by eating COM
paratively small amount of ice, swallow
ing it in as large pieces as practicable
and as much as is wanted.
NJ. Ginjeot states that Of all measures
applied locally to boils, the best results
are obtained from tincture iodine. He
paints the boil with thick coating, and
sometimes a single application is sutii
cient TO cause the Inflammation TO sub
side; it is better, however, to make the
application several times day for several
days. He does not recommend the estiy
opening of boils. but If evacuetion of lIus
be necessary antiseptics should be used.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22
SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL.

The cave animals of North America,
according to Professor A. S. Packard,
comprise total of 17s species of blind
creatures, nearly all of which are mostly
white in color.
A communication to the French Acad-
emy of Sciences by Mons. C. V. Zenger,
has called attention to the simultaneous
occurrence of brilliant auroras and me
teoric showers, suggesting probable
connection.
The importance of microbes to the
growth of plants has been practically
demonstrated by M. Laurent, who OBJ
tained only one-fourth as much buck
wheat from sterilized mould as in soil
containing bacteria.
A new method of cure has been re-
Gently and successfully tried by physi-
clan in Thuringia. He made the expert
ment of letting several of his phthisical
patients pass the night in the open forest
in hammocks, covered with cushions and
plaids.
A German engineer named Henkels
has invented a ventilating window pane
which admits fresh air while preventing
draught. Each square metre of glass
contains five thousand holes, which are
of conical shape, widening toward the
inside. The new device has already
been adopted by many of the German
hospi ais
In the new organ now being built by
Messrs. Willis for Canterbury Cathedral,
the electric current is also employed as a
transmitter of power from the fingers of
the organist to the pipes, which will be
100 feet above him. This is no new ap-
plication of electricity, for the same thing
has been done in past years. But the sys-
tem employed is new, and is the inven-
tion of the builders of the organ.
Mahogany is being rapidly introduced
into every part of India, wheie it promi-
ses to thrive. The seeds sown have ger
minated remarkably well, single poun |
planted in green houses in the southern
districts having yielded between three
and four thousand plants. 1t is thought
to be quite probable that the world may
some day look to India instead of to
America for its mahogany, swell as for
its quinine The eastern product of the
latter has already become so extensive
and of such superior quality that the
cinchona bark exports to the United
States of Colombia are said to have di-
minished fifty per cent. within five
years.
In some of the great sawmill establish
ments of the West, six foot circular
saws are run 100 revolutions to the min
ute. Running at $50 revolutions to the
minute, the teeth of the six foot saw are
travelling nearly three miles a minute.
Sax foot saws have been driven at as
high rate of speed as $50 revolutions to
the minute. In Michigan, few years
ago, Canadian company geared up its
mill to run its six foot saw $50 revolu-
tions to the minute. A sawmill at Padu-
cab, KY, which had a seventy-six inch
saw and steam feed. cut one day 10,-
81: feet of one inch poplar boards in
about seventy minutes. In this trial the
saw made no sawdust; each tooth tore
out strip of wood about one-quarter
of an inch long. Michigan sawyers have
boastod of mill dropping sixteen one
snch sixteen-fOot boards a minute, but
this seems like an exaggeration.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22
A Bows Great Grit.

Recently two boys, brothers. one Of
eleven and the other ten years of age,
were playing en- the banks Of the river
at Ures They proposed to take some
wood home to their mother, and while
gathering it lifted the dry branch Of a
tree and uncovered rattlesnake, which
bit the eldest boy in the finger. The
youth, feeling the venom enter ng his
veins, called on the younger brother to
cut of the injured member. The latter
asked; with whatr'
"With this thin fiat stone, replied the
intrepid youth, picking up one and
placing his finger on another fiat one.
The brother took the stone and ham
mered away, and after some time sue
ceeded in MASKING oil the finger. thus
saving the life OF the heroic boy, who
stood the horrible torture with great for
titudc. -BrO0nsrale (T'era9 ComoPOli-
tdu
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22
The Mania for Medicine.

There are 1,0l0medicines in the phar-
macopnia of the United States, and in
most communities there is one man who
has tried every one o. them before dis
covering that there never was anything
the matter with him. The taste for
strong DIR. nix is a mild, innocuous, feeble
inclination, CO npared with the ra2ing
mania for taking medicine" when once
it gains pernic4 4ously active hold upon
a man. There are not many rc,lly sick
people in the world. and If 1t wasa't for
the man VIII, delights in dosing himself
with anything that has long name and
an almanac attachment, there wouldn't
be half enough paint on the rocks OF
picturesque America to hide the land
scape. .--BUrdette.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22
HOW OFTEN.


How many lips have uttered one sweet word.
Ever theswectest word in any tongue.
How many listening hearts have wildly
stirred,
While burning bushes to tho soft cheeks
sprung,
And dear eyes, deepening with light di-
vine,
Zero lifted up, as thine arc now to mine
How Oft the night, with silence and perfume,
Has hushed the world that heart might
speak to heart,
And made in ea.h dim haun. Of leafy gloom
A trysting place where love might meet
and part,
And kisses fall unseen on lips and brow
AS Oh thinc. sweet, my kisses lingcr now.
: Charles L. HiLd,'eth.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22

The French chemists are constantly
experimenting on various herbs, noxious
weeds, etc., for the purpose of seeing
whether these plentifully- bestowed
nuisances car not be utilized by extract
ing their oils, gums, resins or other val
liable properties, or reducing them to
pulp or fiber, convert them into cloth.
paper or what not, and thus introduce or
originate some new industry, and at the
same time make these vegetable drones
valuable.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22

1t is reported that the celery raising
business, for which Kalamazoo, Mich.
has become famous, is being largely
overdone there. Every inch of available
marsh land has been converted into Gel
cry beds, and the search for more land
continues. 1t is not alone the quantity
raised that hurts the business, but the
quality, which is deteriorating on ac-
count of the anxiety of the growers to
get as many stalks on the market as pos
sible. There is talk of organizing an as
sociation of growers to limit the guam
tity and keep up the quality.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22

Although not yet ont of the expert
mental stage, eectric street railways are
sapidly gaining ground in public favor.
Chicago, Baltimore, Philadelphia, Min
neapolis, Toronto and other cities al
ready have electric street railways in SUE
cessful and profitable operation. Abo'a
a dozen new roads are in course of con.
struction, and score or two more are
projected. Montgomery, Ala, will b
the first city in the world to have com
plete electric street railway system. In
New York it is expected that new and
powerful Daft electric motor will soon be
making trips on the Ninth Avenue Eie
vated Road, hauling tain of four Oh
five cars
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22
Not Very Polite.

Mrs. Hendricks (the landlady)-"Can
] send you some more soup, Mr..
Dumley7"
Mr.. Dumley-s'No, thanks"
Mrs, Hendricks fengagingly)-''Don't
refuse, Mr.. Dumley, because It isn't con-
sidered good form to bo helped twice to
soup"
Mr.. Dumley-"Oh, etiquette has moth
ing to do with it, madam; it's the soup.S
--Nelo York Sun.
sixty feet Of solid salt has been struck
ut Port Huron. Mich.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22

The number OF those who are now in.
valids as the result Of the war is said to
be 265, S54, the total number Of soldiers
having been about 1 ,250,000.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22

1t is expected that nearly twenty mil
lion dollars worth of buildings will be
erected in Kansas City, Mo-, during the
ensuing year.
Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1887-01-22

Numerous instances have been re-
corded of late in the medical journals" !"
says Science, 'of the complete reunion OF
portions of fingers which had been cut
off from the hand, in some cases by the
knife. and in others by the axe. in one
case man, in cutting kindlings for the
morning fire, accidentally cut of the end
of his thumb He had gone from the
place some twenty feet, when hereturned,
picked up the end. wiped it and replaced
it, binding it in its original place as near
ly as possible. The wound united; aud
the finger is now as good as ever, save
that its sensibility is somewhat dimin-
isSed. in another case boy chopped
off the ends of three fingers. He was
seen by physician three or four hours
after the accident. The ends Of the fin
gers had been found in the snow, and
we're brought to him. He attached them,
aud two of the three united. y
An English writer, discussing the low
condition of English agriculture, says
''the great difficulty is to get men to
work on a scale suited to their means.
At present the custom is universal for a
man who has the means to do justice to
100 acres Of land TO try TO work 300, and
30 stsrve himself and the farm too. "
This, adds the New York Times. IS
sound sense aud great economical
truth, for waste Of labor is waste OF
money and material. and where there IS
waste there is want and loss, which must
be paid for without any return. The
above remark is applicable to our own
circumstances, for, on the average 1t Is
positive fact that thousands Of Amen
can farmers would be better Of were
they tocultivate well one-fourth as much
land as they now work in poor ana
proftless mlnner, and so produce s'
much from ten acres as is now made
from forty and at oDe-thIrd Of the
cost.
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Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-03

CURE FOR INsoMNIA.-I had frequently
noticed that when engaged in deep thought,
particularly at night, there seemed to be
something like compression of the eyelids,
the upper one especially, and the eyes
themselves were apparently turned up
wards as if looking in that direction. This
invariably occurred and the moment that,
by an effort, arrested the course of thought
and freed the mind from the subject with
which it was engaged the eyes resumed
their natural position and the compression
of the lids ceased. Now, it occurred to me
one night that would not allow the eyes to
turn upward, but kept them determjDedly
in the opposite position, as if looking down.
and, having done go for short time, l
found that the mind did not revert to the
thoughts with which it had been occupied
and I soon fell asleep. 1 tried the plan
again with the same result, and after an ex-
perience of two years, l can truly say that,
unless when something, specially annoying
or worrying occurred, l have always been
able to go to sleep very shortly after retiring
to rest. There may occasionally be some
difficulty in keeping the eyes in the position
1 have described. but determined effort to
do SO is all that is required, and l am certain
that if kept in the down-lookiDg position it
will be found that composure and sleep will
be the result-Giambers Journal.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-03

LIVELY FRACAs.-Intelligence comes from
Manchester, Clay county, KY, by q horse.
man, that fierce fight occurred at the polls
during the voting Monday. The fight was
participated in By a score or moro of men
all having revolvers and owie.knives. Six
men were killed outright and o number bad
y wounded. The dead men are: Jack
Rockers, Dow White, John q. White, Dale
Little, and two unknown. The first four
men were prominent citizens of Manchester,
and the unknown were strangers from the
country. The greatest excitement prevails
there. There was no attempt on the part
of the officers to quell the disturbance.
Manchester is the capital of Clay county,
in the southeastern part of Kentucky, and
is, located in mountains district. 1t is
distant about sixty miles from Somerset and
about thirty miles from Lexington, the near
est telegraph and railroad point. Its popu'
lstion is about 800.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-08-03

RIoroUs NEGRoEs.-On Monday night, t'Eliz-
abeth City, N. c., several hundred negro excur-
sionists from Norfolk aud Portsmouth got drunk,
aud almost took possession of the town in their
riotous demonstrations Tho train IVES to leave
at 7 o'clock but rs so many men were drunk it
was deemed best to leave before that time; so at
6 o'clock the train started out, leaving large
crowd on the platform, but it had gone only a
short distance when tho drunken crowd took pos
session of the train cutting tho bell rope first.
They then won't to the engine, where thoy order.
cd tho engineer to stop. After this they seized
the train and uncoupled tho cars and drove the
engineer and fireman ont of the cab. As the riot
took place only short distance from Elizabeth
City, tho police of that place woro on tho
ground, but were powcrlcss to cope with the riot
ers, who were enraged and shouting like madmen.
The Mayor then ordered out the Pasquotank Ri
files, the military company of the place, and
marched them to the scene of disorder with fixed
bayonets and loaded muskets. Five of the prin-
cipa rioters were promptly arrested and taken to
jail. The rioters were ordered on board Of the
train and they quietly obcyed, the commanding
officer of the Rifles giving tho negroes their choice
of getting on the train or being killed
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FnOM WARRINGTON.

Especial Correspondence of the Alexa. GAzE1'rR]
WASHINGTON. D. c., August 8. 1887.
Senator Riddeberger arrived hero last
night and is stopping at the Metropolitan
Hotel. He doesn't hesitate to express his
condemnation of the past course of General
Malone and his opposition to the Generals
continued mana emeDt or republican affairs
in Virginia. He believes that with the Gen.
eral reduced to the ranks, the Virginia re-
pubicans have good chance for victory,
bat that with the General in command,
and carrying out bis old policy of bossism,
defeat stares him in the face.
Chairman Barbour, of the Virginia State
democratic committee, will leave here this
evening, via the Virginia Midland Railroad,
for Roanoke, where his party's State con-
vention will meet to-morlow He expects
the convention will remain in session two
Gays.
4 member of the Patriotic order of Sons of
America, the new anti-immieration and
anti. Catholic order recently established in
this country, while talking about that order
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Severe Storm.

LOUISVILLE, Aug 3.-A severe wind, Tain
and hail storm swept over the city yestrr.
day morning. 1t raincd in torrents ann
large hail stones fell, covering the street,
The storm is thoughtto be local, as no dan.
age is reported from the State The storm
on the river did considerable damage and
the life saving crews and harbo7 boats were
kept very busy The ferry wharf was swep,
away and lodged on the gate at the falls
The ferry boat was blown into the river and
ran aground on the Indiana side, 10 gresi
damage being done. Kremer's coal hosl
was blown loose and several barges beloup
ing to Walton, Robb & Bowman were sank
Five persons in the city We're -evere
shocked by lightning aud several roofs werr
blown off.
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wz!y@ az ,s'EgE Dsy.

The election in the Bridgeton division Of
Glasgow, Scotland, yesterday, resulted in
the return of Sir George Trevelyan by an
increased liberal majority.
During the emancipation celebration at
Nicodemus, Kansas, Monday, white man
was fatally cut with razor. Two negroes
fought over 3 woman, shooting q; each 9TH
er, killing an Innocent party who was stand
ing in the crowd md wounding another.
The Criminal Court Of Edgefeld county
S. c., which met Monday, has before it fol
disposition the case of Jones, who murdered
his father.in law and three brothers in.law
about tbres years ago, and who was convict
ed of manslauehter for the killing of his
father n-aw, and is yet to be tried for the
other murders.